Krisily Kennedy has announced she is bisexual.
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"I'm bisexual," the seventh-season The Bachelor runner-up and first-season Bachelor Pad contestant told Life & Style while attending a Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network event in Los Angeles last weekend.
Kennedy -- who competed on Charlie O'Connell's The Bachelor season in 2005 but fell just shy of receiving his final rose -- reportedly began dating women three years ago but hasn't lost interest in men. She said she wants to be honest about her feelings and is happy she has a strong support system by her side.
"I'm completely open to still dating men," Kennedy said. "For me, this is all very new, and I was very lucky to have had my friends and family behind me."
Kennedy has apparently received some skepticism from fans over her newly-declared sexual preference since she solely fought for the affections of men on reality television and participated in beauty pageants.
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"People have said, 'Oh, she was on The Bachelor and she was Miss Rhode Island -- why would she date women?'" said Kennedy, who was Miss Rhode Island USA 2003.
However, the 31-year-old former bachelorette admitted she has recently split from her girlfriend of a year and is open to finding love with either men or women, looking past their sex alone.
"I want to fall in love with anyone and I don't care who they are," Kennedy told Life & Style.
"I just want love. I want long-term and I want commitment. I really want those things and if people open their hearts to it, you can find that with anyone."
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